With all the high costs involved with just getting to the boat and then the spot where I am going to put out the anchor I never thought the cost of bait was overpriced. Those bait dealers are the ones who have to have their bait delivered $$$$$ to the store in order to have them there for sale in the first place. There are only a couple that actually net the minnows(shiners) they sell and when those are not available they have to have golden shiners trucked $$$$$ in from afar.